Individual bottle-carrier



G. 0.. PEARSON. INDIVIDUAL BOTTLE CARRIER.

APPLICATION FILED JL ILYZfi, 1-919.

Patented June 8, 1920.

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ATTORNEY ber or handle,

UNITED "sr GUSTAVE c. PEARSON, 0E DENVER, COLORADO. g

INDIVIDUAL BOTTLE-CAREER.

Specification of Letters Patent. p t t J n ,1920,

Application filed. July 26, 1919. Serial No.' 313,595.

tory to becoming a citizen of the United States of America, residing at the city and county of Denver and State .of Colorado, have invented new and useful Individual Bottle-Carriers, of which the followlng 1s a specification. I j

This invention relates to improvements in individual bottle carriers, and particularly to a device for carrying milk bottles.

The object of the invention is to provide a device. which can be quickly attached to, or detached from, the neck of a milk bottle, whereby the said bottle can be conveniently carried, and which when supporting the weight of the bottle cannot become accidentally detached therefrom. Further, to provide a bottle carrier comprising a bottle clasping member and a hand gripplng memwhich is hinged thereto,the said bottle claspingmember being adapted to be placed upon the bottle neck when the handle is swung to an inoperative posit on,

' and to be clasped thereon when the handle is swung to an operative or carrying position, in which position the handle locks the clasping member against accidental detachment from the bottle.

' These objects are accomplished by the device illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an 1nd1 vidual bottle carrier, showing the appearance of the same when attached to the neck of a bottle, the bottle being-shown in dotted lines.

Fig. 2 is a side view of the device, the handle being turned to a non-carrying position to permit the bottle clasping member to be sprung over the rim of the bottle, the bottle being shown in dotted lines.

Fig. 3 is a side view of the device, the handle being swung into carrying position, the view also illustrating a slight modification in the form of a hook which acts in conjunction with the free ends of the bottle clasping member to adapt the device for use as a parcel carrier.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, the numeral 1, indicates the bottle clasping member of the carrier, which is in the form of a divided, resilient wire ring. This ring is constructed by first bending the wire upon itself to form parallel strands, and then twisting the strands for about three quarters of an inch from the looped end to form a straight stem, 2, which terminates at the looped end in an eye, 3, the two strands being then bent out in opposite directions from the stem, 2, to form independent, semic rcular members, 4:, which lie in a plane at right angles to the stem, 2. The free ends of the semi-circular members terminate in outwardly bent and oppositely extending hooks, 5, which are separated by a short space, and the ends of these hooks are formed 1nto eyes,'6, which eliminate otherwise pointed ends, and also present an ornamental appearance.

The, member above described is the one which is clasped upon the neck of a bottle, as illustrated in Fig. 1, and the combined handle and ring-clamping member, 7 1s hlnged to the above-described member and is constructed in the following manner:

A wire is first bent to form a horizontally disposed handle portion, or hand grip, 8, of suitable length, which terminates at its ends in vertical, depending portions, 9 and 10,

' which, in turn, terminate in short, substantially horizontal, inwardly bent, portions, 11 and 12, respectively, and the portion, 12, terminates in'a depending vertical portion, 13, the end of which is formed into an eye, 14, which is in hinged engagement with the eye, 3, of the twisted stem, 2, of the clasping rlng.

From the horizontally disposed portion, 11, the wire is bent to form an inverted T- shaped member comprising spaced parallel vertical stems, 15 and 16, which terminate at their lower ends in a horizontal loop, 17 the ends of which engage the hooks, 5, of

the ring sections, 4. The upper end of the stem, 15, terminates in an, eye, 18, which surrounds the upper end of the stein, 16, and thus secures the two stems together. 7

The handle portion, 8, of the member, 7 has secured thereon a metal plate, 19,which is bent around the handle so as to inclose the same, and is then flattened on its upper and under sides, being widest at the center and tapered 0E toward its ends. This plate not only provides a more comfortable handle member than the wire would be Without it, but it also serves the purpose of a name plate upon which may be stamped the name of the person, company, or firm using the same in business, or distributing the same for private use, as an advertising means. V

In attaching the deviceto a bottle, the

combined handle and ring clamping member, .7, is swung down to the position shown in Fig. 2, which permits the ring members to be sprung over the flange or rim of a milk-bottle, as there is nothing to prevent the spreading of the said members. In this position, the loop, 17, stands vertical and only engages one of the hooks, the other hook being in the space between the stems, 15 and 16.

. After the ring members have been sprung over the rim of the bottle so as to surround the neck thereof, as shown in Fig. 2, the handle member is swung up in the direction of veniently carried from delivery wagons to homes or from'stores to homes without l1ability of being broken, particularly where such service is performed by children, it being much easier and safer to carry the bottle with, than without the carrier.

7 The carrier is made in sizes to suit bottles havlng larger or smaller necks.

In Fig. 3, is shown a side view of the car- .rier which is in all respects like the carrier shown in Figs. 1 and 2, with the addition of a slight modificatlon. This modification consists in bending one of the wires in the twisted stem, 2, to'form a hook, 20, which acts in connection with the eyes, 6, to engage a string wrapped about a parcel, as shown in Fig. 3, and thus adapt the device for carrying parcels.

' Having described my invention, what I eye, and a member comprising spaced par- V allel stems which terminate ina loop for re- 7 ceiving said hook-shaped ends, said grip, when in a non-carrying position, permitting the ring to'be sprung over the rim of a bottle, by the sliding of one of said hooks in the space between the parallel stems, said hook, when the grip is swung to .a carrying position, being slid into the loop, the loop acting to contract the ring and hold the same upon the bottle neck.

2; An individual bottle carrier compris- I ing a'resilient, divided ring, the free ends of which terminate in hooks, a portion of the ring, opposite the hooks, being twisted upon itself to form a stem atright angles to the plane of the ring, and which terminates in an eye, a bail having a member in hinged engagement with said eye, and a member comprising spaced parallel legs, which terminate in a loop at right angles to said legs, which engages said hooks, the space between said legs permitting the sliding of one of the hooks therein, when the bail is swung in either direction toa noncarrying position, whereby the said ring may be sprung over the neck of a bottle, the legs of said bail, when bail is turned to a carrying position, engaging the hook between them, which is thus slid into the loop as the bail assumes a carrying position, whereby the ring is contracted through the engagement of the hooks. by the ends of the said loop.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

GUSTAVE. C. PEARSON. Witnesses:

G. SARGENT ELLIOTT, ELIZABETH SMITH. 

